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water tiger

noun

  1. the larva of a predaceous diving beetle, of the genus Dytiscus.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of water tiger1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

Channel the water tiger’s strength with these 15 items.

“The water tiger is a more open-minded tiger,” she said.

Chinese Lunar New Year will get its start on Feb. 1, 2022, and this year it’s the year of the water tiger.

This year – 2022 – is considered the Yang Water Tiger because the year’s ending digit lands on a 2, which symbolizes a Yang year while the rest of the Chinese calendar has entered its fifth element zodiac sign in the 5-part cycle – which is water – and its third animal zodiac sign in the 12-part cycle – which is the tiger.

People who are born during the year of the Yang Water Tiger between Feb. 1 2022 and Jan. 21, 2023, are prophesized to have agility and eloquence, according to the Chinese zodiac.

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